Abilene police have arrested a man in connection with the missing person case of Patricia Smith Ford.

Wednesday morning, Abilene police arrested Timothy Jon Dwelle, 58, who was charged with first-degree felony murder in connection with Ford's disappearance, police said in a news release. He is in the Taylor County Jail on a $250,000 bond.

On jail records, his address in the 1700 block of South 17th Street is the same location where Abilene police have been searching for several days for evidence inside the house and back yard after receiving a tip about Ford's whereabouts.

Patricia Ford(Photo11: Photo courtesy Taylor County Jail)

In September 2016, Ford was reported missing to Abilene police. The reporting party stated that Ford had not been seen for a couple of weeks. Since that time, she has remained missing, police said.

In May, police received information that Ford may be deceased and her remains at the South 17th Street residence. Police said in the Wednesday news release that they have recovered from the residence human remains, which have been sent to a lab for DNA analysis.

Enough information and evidence have been collected to charge Dwelle with Ford's murder, police said.